Petroleum Refining CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 29. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: Exxon Mobil Corp at 181:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 74:1
- Average pay ratio
- 93:1
- Median CEO pay
- $8.7M
- Companies tracked
- 7
Data updated August 2026
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Petroleum Refining sits at #49 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio and #25 of 63 by median CEO pay - ratio rank is not dollar rank (7 FY2025 filers, median 74:1 / $8.7M).
Placement uses the same latest-fiscal-year-per-SIC medians as the Industries directory. Median-ratio rank #49 of 63 is not median-CEO-pay rank #25 of 63. Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. Inside this SIC, Exxon Mobil Corp currently leads the in-page company list at 181:1.
- Median ratio
- 74:1
- #49 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $8.7M
- #25 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 7
- FY2025 SIC 29
Ratio bands inside Petroleum Refining
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 7 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 29. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Petroleum Refining vs all SIC-2 industries
Unique-issuer pay ratios in this SIC as bars , plus live COUNT placement #49 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (24th percentile) . Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 74:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 29
Same SIC-2 industry_benchmarks extract across FY2021–2025: median CEO-to-worker pay ratio, median CEO dollars, and filer count per fiscal year. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent filing years only; they are not inflation-adjusted and do not invent missing years.
- Latest median ratio
- 74:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- -26:1
- from FY2024 100:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- +79%
- $8.7M latest
- Filer count YoY
- -2
- 7 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 123:1 | - | $8.7M | - | 7 |
| 2022 | 105:1 | -18:1 | $6.7M | -23% | 9 |
| 2023 | 105:1 | 0:1 | $4.8M | -28% | 9 |
| 2024 | 100:1 | -5:1 | $4.8M | +0.4% | 9 |
| 2025 | 74:1 | -26:1 | $8.7M | +79% | 7 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 29 (Petroleum Refining), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Lower-third median pay ratio
Petroleum Refining in the lower-ratio third
Petroleum Refining sits in the bottom third of SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (74:1; #49 of 63). Petroleum Refining (SIC 29) posts a lower-third median CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 74:1 across 7 FY2025 SEC filers.
Even in the lower-ratio third, the 25th percentile CEO earned $5.3M while the 75th earned $22.9M. When the average (93:1) and median (74:1) stay close, pay practices look more uniform across the sector.
Below: each of the 10 Petroleum Refining companies PlainCEOPay tracks in this SIC , with CEO total compensation, median worker pay, and pay ratios. Company pages compare each filing to this industry median. Figures are from SEC EDGAR filings - not estimates.
According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR database, PlainCEOPay's August 2026 refresh processed 2,456 public companies with 1,423 complete FY2025 DEF 14A proxy filings (fiscal years 2021 through 2025) under Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K. See our methodology for parsing rules.
Companies in Petroleum Refining (10 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exxon Mobil Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 34088 | $33.1M | $183K | 181:1 | 2025 |
| 2 | Chevron Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 93410 | $26.8M | $153K | 175:1 | 2025 |
| 3 | Valvoline Inc Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1674910 | $4.8M | $41K | 118:1 | 2024 |
| 4 | Marathon Petroleum Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1510295 | $19.0M | $186K | 102:1 | 2025 |
| 5 | Quaker Chemical Corp SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 81362 | $3.7M | $50K | 74:1 | 2025 |
| 6 | Cvr Energy Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1376139 | $8.7M | $147K | 59:1 | 2025 |
| 7 | Delek US Holdings, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1694426 | $130K | $130K | 59:1 | 2025 |
| 8 | PBF Energy Inc. Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1534504 | $7.9M | $189K | 42:1 | 2024 |
| 9 | Vertex Energy Inc. Latest filing FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 890447 | $109K | $109K | 11:1 | 2023 |
| 10 | Calumet, Inc. /DE SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 2013745 | $6.8M | $95K | 4:1 | 2025 |
Latest filing: 3 of the 10 issuers above have no FY2025 filing on file, so their row shows their newest earlier year (see the FY column). They are ranked here beside FY2025 filers and each carries the marker; the Petroleum Refining benchmark and the lead figures on this page use FY2025 filers only.
Petroleum Refining sits in the bottom third of SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (74:1; #49 of 63). Open Exxon Mobil Corp for the in-SIC filing next to this median, or compare every SIC on the Industries directory.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.